mule 1000 lift kit?

[buckshot0203]

anyone know if one exists? if not has anyone lifted one with a home made kit? i'm thinking on doing it and hopeing to be able to be able to fit a larger tire like a 24 or 25 any help would be appreciated

[kenfain]

Have you checked j.c. Whitney?

[buckshot0203]

yup they dont have one for the mule 1000 it looks like it would be pretty simple to make a basic lift kit. doesnt look like it would be much more than a few spacer blocks for the front and two shackles for the rear

[kenfain]

What about Essex manufacturing? They're mostly a utv cab maker, but they do make lots of other stuff. Including lift kits, and run flat mud tires, in the large sizes you're looking at. But you're right about making it yourself, that's about all there is to it. I used large channel locks for a spring compressor. No problem

[buckshot0203]

yea i looked all over as far as most of these places are concerned the mule 1000 doesnt exist lol. i'll just have to put my fabricating hat on and make one up

[kenfain]

I'm confused,...I just Google mule 1000, and get all kinds of stuff including lift kits. Are these not the correct fit for your machine?

[buckshot0203]

you get all kinds of stuff but if you read the fine print they arent for a mule 1000 they are for like the 610's and 2510's and stuff they arent actually for the 100's so ive seen

[kenfain]

Gotcha. Yep I didn't read the fine print. But like you said, not much to it. Maybe you can source the longer shackles. But you need the spacers for the struts. There ought to be something out there already. Why not a 3D printer. Mine are made of plastic anyway. But at the very least, you could stack aluminum plates that are cut and drilled.